Van Holthenrichs has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He is a member of Troop 280 in Holland. Van’s project was to make and install nine signs and four bat boxes in Historic Washington Crossing Park. The signs identify historic buildings and correspond to the maps used by visitors to the park.

Van recently graduated from Council Rock High School South where he was a member of the Marching Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band and National Honor Society. Van’s parents, Mary Kopnicky and Jeff Holthenrichs, are pleased that he has earned a four-year Provost Scholarship to Penn State University, State College, PA, to study Language and Political Science.

Holland resident Edward Chiang has earned his Eagle Scout Award and was recently recognized in a special Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony.

Eddie, a member BSA Bucks County Council Troop 147 out of the Northampton Presbyterian Church in Holland, earned Boy Scouts’ highest honor after successfully completing his Eagle service project, an environmental restoration at the Churchville Nature Center.

The goal of Eddie’s project was to restore a wetland that has dried up. All the water from the wetland area drains into several creeks carved out by erosion. The project involved digging trenches and installing large coconut fiber tubes that would dam up a creek. Over time, nature will take over; silt will build up behind the tubes, and restore the wetland back to its previous condition. The wetland provides resources and sustenance for plants and wildlife.

Andrew Nerges, a student at Bucks County Technical High School, has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Boy Scouts. His Eagle service project was to plan and engineer an accessible off-street parking area at Catawissa Nature Preserve at Wells and W. Watson Avenue in Langhorne.

The accomplishment is the culmination of Andrew’s five years with Pack 19 Cub Scouts and five years with Troop 19 Boys Scouts, with adventure, fun, work, community service and dedication to the program chartered at Langhorne Presbyterian Church.